As innovation free as we've come to expect from the 'mon, but quietyly enjoyable stuff. [Aug 2008, p.64]

Not as fun as LittleBigPlanet's platform offerings, but the track editor impresses. [Jan 2013, p.71]

Average fare, but the core Elite concept dazzles. [Aug 2010, p.93]

It has lots of potential, but ultimately lacks focus and is home to some genuinely shoddy moments. [Jan 2018, p.77]

We like what's on offer, but the clueless AI turns a crisis into a drag. [Nov 2008, p.85]

There's still the odd Telltale-tastic moment, but things are in danger of petering out. [June 2015, p.71]

Visually underwhelming. [Jan 2013, p.81]

Small in every sense. It's still pleasingly violent - but this is a bare-bones edition. [June 2006, p.69]

An entertaining, mildly addictive, if not innovative puzzler. [Aug 2007, p.85]

You're really going to have to make an effort to get much fun out of Odama. [June 2006, p.76]

As innovation free as we've come to expect from the 'mon, but quietyly enjoyable stuff. [Aug 2008, p.64]

Dante doubters be damned, this is a rollicking good twitcher reborn. [April 2015, p.60]

What initially feels like a celebration of the flow of combat becomes repetitive and frustrating. [Oct 2017, p.70]

One of 2008's biggest disappointments. [Nov 2008, p.67]

Horror with randomly-generated elements is well worth exploring, but this relies on many stale genre cliches. [July 2014, p.68]

It's challenging but hardly deep. [June 2010, p.85]

Intermittently fun, but not consistently hair-raising enough to keep you glued to the steering wheel. [Apr 2018, p.80]

A different take on the LOTR license but it won't do much for older fans. [Issue#232, p.95]

Learning by rote isn't our idea of fun, but masochists will find plenty of stages and passable presentation to keep them occupied. [March 2013, p.87]

Harmless button-mashing fun with a fair amount of content. [Sept 2007, p.85]

This fast-paced puzzle game, simple though it may be, is bloody hard to put down. [June 2007, p.85]

Alright for a quick blast, but nothing more. [March 2012, p.98]

Mental visuals and fun melee combat, but too weird for its own good. [Aug 2013, p.74]

With "Mario Kart Wii" boasting the quality it does, there's little need for MySims Racing. [Aug 2009, p.60]

It's passable, if lightweight, stuff. [May 2014, p.78]

Definitely a curio, but not one that's without interest. [Christmas 2006, p.98]

Disturbing lack of content impedes the score, but what is here is streamlined, speedy fun. [March 2012, p.75]

A Splinter Cell outing but one that glaringly isn't well suited to the Wii control system. [Mar 2007, p.76]

An inoffensive stroll through a dull park. Buy a ticket to the zoo instead. [Apr 2009, p.74]

An enjoyable if throwaway action game that weighs in at a not so throwaway price. [Sept 2009, p.81]

One-track, funny and very rough around the edges. [Oct 2013, p.75]

At times bearably similar to Souls, at others woefully at odds with its philosophy. [Christmas 2014, p.]

It doesn't feel fresh anymore. [Oct 2013, p.75]

The dough gets sour a little too quick. [July 2015, p.79]

The Crew 2 spreads itself too thin and doesn't take enough advantage of its sprawling open world. [Issue#333, p.54]

Unsure of its own direction, this is interesting but a missed opportunity. [Christmas 2012, p.85]

Sprites and comic violence make up for technical shortcomings. [Christmas 2008, p.84]

A hodgepodge of half-baked ideas, this is a pretty little ditty but it neither rises, nor shines. [March 2017, p.77]

True, it could have been tedious, but there's still not enough for us to want to take the plunge. [July 2011, p.88]

We don't mind cute and simple - but this is often just plain dull. [May 2008, p.82]

A fun diversion with a few neat ideas, but ultimately there's far too little substance to its battles. [Issue#333, p.72]

What it lacks in terms of presentation it makes up in detail. RPG fans only. [June 2008, p.80]

Shallow, but with a winning charm. [July 2011, p.89]

Pretty much good for local multiplayer only. [Feb 2013, p.85]

It's one-note stuff. [July 2011, p.91]

Essentially SSX for kids but without the snowboard. [Dec 2013, p.63]

A passable strategy game, but not even fans will find much to love. [June 2008, p.80]

Great lead performance and tech, wasted on a lacklustre story. [Dec 2013, p.64]

A typical launch game: gloriously pretty, but shallower than an evaporated puddle. [Jan 2014, p.60]

Brings nothing new to action/RPGs other than another excuse for time-consuming level grinding. [July 2009, p.75]

It won't hold your attention for long, but you have to applaud its ambition. [June 2013, p.79]

It's all a bit pedestrian and not uninvolving... Tracks are short, weapons unimpressive and races dull. [Oct 2006, p.84]

A reasonably entertaining athletics title that wins by being the only one of its type for PSP. [Oct 2008, p.73]

Repetitive, tedious, and full of annoyances - a rushed game if ever we saw one. [Sept 2007, p.72]

Simple, soothing. [Sept 2008, p.84]

With brand new controls they had a chance to reinvigorate the franchise. They didn't. [Aug 2007, p.65]

Laborious. [May 2011, p.95]

Unlockable skills and a slapdash leveling system do little to help, while immovable virtual controls add salt to the gaping Batarang wound. [Nov 2012, p.92]

We expected so much more. [Christmas 2011, p.65]

Numbingly ordinary. [Jan 2011, p.86]

Stock car racing is an acquired taste; we like corners, track variety and racing intensity. [Sept 2008, p.81]

This feels like Nintendo at its least innovative, a simple retread of a proven formula. [Summer 2015, p.81]

Dated visuals and an awkward interface don't help a rather boring PC RTS. [Christmas 2011, p.92]

Perversely appealing. [July 2007, p.70]

You end up waiting an age for some action. [July 2012, p.90]

Another console port shoddily shoehorned to fit the poor DS. [Christmas 2006, p.62]

Conflict is a by-the-numbers first-person shooter that just never gets going. [Mar 2008, p.66]

Lack of polish and confused direction. [Sept 2015, p.70]

It's just a shame that it's not as good as it so clearly should be. [July 2010, p.98]

Serviceable co-op romp which goes out of its way to irritate. [July 2013, p.72]

Repetition is the order of the day. [June 2014, p.79]

Decent, but it looks, feels and plays like a budget game - a meaty price tag is cheeky. [Sept 2007, p.77]

There's precious little substance. [Apr 2014, p.78]

Not quite ready to take over the world. [Nov 2013, p.79]

A fun retro reminder but nothing here has much sustained longevity. [May 2008, p.85]

Collectible figurines seem like a winner but, just like your dad's Ikea cabinet, it's let down by bad assembly. [Dec 2014, p.76]

Not the varied Rabbids game we wanted. [June 2011, p.88]

The gameplay tweaks might not win a new audience but should please existing fans. [June 2011, p.89]

Everything's charmlessly contrived and shamelessly (but poorly) ripped from PoP.

It's just not up to the pace of the competition. [Aug 2006, p.82]

Could have been special, given time. [Jan 2009, p.71]

Curiously, some of the gore has been toned down for the game, so it's lost some of what made the books and cartoons so popular. [Oct 2009, p.80]

History buffs might like this but it fails to capture the excitement of other WW2 games. [July 2009, p.81]

Hasn't changed much since 2 and still needs an overhaul of the partner AI. [June 2008, p.71]

Sweet sprites and backdrops really aren't enough to hide a pretty bog standard RPG. [Aug 2006, p.72]

Too many flaws here. And so the wait for the ultimate next-gen co-op shooter continues. [Apr 2008, p.74]

A brilliant bit of fun for an hour or two. [Feb 2009, p.86]

A once enjoyable wilid west shooter gone bad on the PSP. [Jan 2007, p.69]

Good controls and occasionally thrilling, but more often it's frustrating. [Apr 2008, p.82]

Extra content is spread very thinly but voracious Naruto fans will lap this up. [Aug 2010, p.103]

Less thinking more stroking (steady now!) of blurry static visuals with a stylus in search of the vital clues. [Aug 2009, p.84]

The cutesy graphics fail to mask this RTS's frustrating controls. [Sept 2008, p.78]

Lightweight and lacking in imagination. Only worth a look for Fable completist. [Mar 2009, p.77]

Love's been poured into this, but the many frustrations will yank kids out of the fantasy.

As pricey as eating a golden chocobo egg and as fun as being pecked to death by its mother. [July 2006, p.82]

A whole lot of colour and fun, with big things to smash, but it becomes repetitive far too quickly. [May 2018, p.82]

It has its moments, but ultimately it's just not much fun. [Jan 2012, p.89]

Verdun ignores modern FPS design for better and worse - it's distinctive, but hard to recommend. [Nov 2016, p.72]